Recognising Languages and Scripts

You do not need to read a language to use it. In most beginner rounds, recognising the script family is enough to remove most of the map.

High-value scripts

• Greek alphabet: Greece and Cyprus are the main GeoGuessr targets. Cyprus often adds English and uses left-side driving.
• Hangul: Korean writing is built from square-ish syllable blocks and often includes circular shapes. This is a strong South Korea clue.
• Japanese: expect a mixture of kanji plus the softer hiragana and sharper katakana syllabaries. Japan also drives on the left and has short plates.
• Bengali: words often have a continuous headline across the top. Bangladesh is the key official coverage country; turquoise plates are a useful extra clue.
• Khmer: Cambodia's script is intricate and curvy. It can look related to Thai or Lao at a glance, but Khmer often feels denser and more ornate.
• Sinhala and Tamil: Sri Lanka commonly shows these scripts alongside English. Sinhala has very rounded shapes; Tamil uses more angular rounded forms.
• Cyrillic: useful, but not enough by itself. It can appear in Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and others.

First say "which script family is this?" Then ask which mapped countries actually use it in official Street View.